Combined match holder and burnt match receiver



E. M. MYERS 1,837,131

COIBINED MATCH HOLDER AND BURNT HATCH RECEIVER Dec. 15, 1931.

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Jan. 10, 1931 E. M. MYERS 1,837,131

COMBINED MATCH HOLDER AND BURNT MATCH RECEIVER Dec. 15, 1931.

Filed Jan. 10, 1931 rnvnrron z Arman";-

Patented Dec. 15, 1931 PATENT OFFICE} EARL M. MYERS, or MOUNT HOLLY isrames, PENNSYLVANIA ooinmmn Karon: HOLDER AND BURNT Maren nnomvnn Application filed January 10, 1931.

My present invention has reference to a match safe holder and my primary object is the provision of a device for'this purpose whereby matches will be singly delivered 5 therefrom, as well as a receptacle for burnt Inatches.

An important object of the invention is the provision of a match safe that includes a hollow base provided with a drawer, a cradle on the top of the base from which arises a plate whose outer end is concaved and whose sides are grooved, the said plate affording a guide for the latch of the receptacle which normally rests on the cradle and which is guided for movement on the plate and which, When moved in an upward direction, will deposit a single match on the holding end of the plate, the device being further provided with means for holding a strip of sand paper or rear thereof for burnt matches, a deflector on the floor for directing the matches to the rear and bottom of the said drawer and removable top plates for the receptacle whereby the latter may be replenished with matches.

A still further object is the provision of a match safe from which'matches are singly remo ed and which shall embody the desirable features of simplicity in construction, cheapness in manufacture and which shall also be of an ornamental appearance.

To the attainment of the foregoing the invention consists in the improvement hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a match safe in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view. Figure 3 is a sectional view approximately on the line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view approximately on the line H of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a similar sectional view approximately on the line 5-5 of Figure 3.

"" The improvement includes a hollow substantially rectangular base 1, on whose bottom there is fixed a compressible facing 2 whereby the device will not mar a table or the like when arranged thereon. Thereis slidable through the open end of the base,

like abrasive paper thereon, a chute to the Serial No. 507,986.

a. drawer 3. The outer end of the drawer has a pull handle 4 thereon and the said drawer has'fixed therein a box-like member whoseupper face is disposed at an angle, as

indicatedby the numeral 5. This angle face is directed downwardly from adjacent the front of the drawer :to the bottom and rear of the said drawer and the angle surface 5 provides a deflector which causes burnt matches deposited thereon to gravitate therefrom into the drawer at the rear portion thereof. 7 Either integrally formed with or fixed to thetop of the base 1, adjacent to the rear thereof, there is a member 6 whose ends are inclined, as at 7, and whose top is concaved,

as at 8. The member is in the nature of a cradle as the same provides a support for the rounded bottom 9 of a substantially rectangular match receptacle 10. The rounded bottom of the receptacle 10 has arranged therein oppositely directed angularly disposed plates 11, the said plates terminating in a line with the central transverse opening 12 bottom9 of the said receptacle 10.

'The concaved top portion 8 of the receptacle support or cradle is providedfwith an openingat the center thereof which alines with the opening 12 in the receptacle 10, the metal affording the top being extended into thesa'id opening and being connected with the top of the base 1. Between these extending portions or flanges 18 there is secured by bolts or analogous means 15 a vertically directed plate 16. The plate 16 extends a suitable distance beyond the open top of the receptacle 10, and the outer end of the said plate 16 is concaved, as at 17 to afford a rest for a single match 18. The sides of the plate are concaved, as at 19, to providefor the passage of the thumb and forefinger of the user to permitof the removal of the match 18 from the rest 17.

The corners at the open top of the receptacle are cut angularlyand the inner walls thereof are formed with guide strips 20 dein the signedto be engaged by guides that comprise the offset ends 21 of angle members or brackets 22 which are fixed on the inner faces of plates 23. The plates have side flanges 24 to km' m;

contact with the outer sides of the receptacle and have angle extensions 25 to rest on the straight outer edges of the receptacle 10. The

extensions terminate a suitable distance from the sides of the plate 16. The plates 23 provide the removable top members for the receptacle 10, it being apparent that the same can be moved oil? of the guides 20 and removed from the receptacle. This permits of both sides of the receptacle being filled with matches, that is, the portion thereof divided from each other by the plates 16.

Opposite the inner or front angle Walls 7 of the frame or rest 6 there is secured on the top of the base 1 a transversely arranged upstanding member 26 provided withsides 27 which extend over the front sides of the cradle 6 and thesaid sides 27, together with the'oppositely disposed angle surfaces provided by the ends 7 of-the cradle and the inner end 28 of the'mernber 26 afford a chute which communicates with an'opening-29 at the top of thebase 1 and which opening is arranged directly over the deflector plate 5'in the drawer 3. The side members 27 have their outer ends flanged inwardly, as at 30, the said flangesbeing spaced from the outer angle wall 31 of-the cross sectionally V-shaped member. 26-and these flanges, withlthe said .wall'31, afford a guide for the ends of a sheet'of sand paper or like abrasive element 32.

It will be understood that-by merely raising the receptacle 10 a match will be directed therefrom onto the rest 17 provided by the concaved or grooved top of the plate 16. The receptacle is then lowered onto the cradle 6. The match is removed in a manner as heretofore described and maybe ignited-by bringing the same into frictional engagement with the abrasivexstrip 32. The match-when ex-v tinguished is dropped into the chute and directed by the deflector 5 to the rear of the drawer 3. A single match is at all times arranged upon the rest- 17 and as previously stated, this match may be readily removed when required for use. The receptacle may be readily refilled by removing the top plates 23. The burnt matches being deposited in the drawer cannot present the usualunsightly appearance that is common to the ordinary construction of match safes or receptacles which are usually provided with a base upon which the extinguished matches rest. The device it will be noted is of a simple nature,

- ornamental in appearance, and its advantages will, it is thought, be understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art to which such invention relates Without further detailed description.

Having described the invention, I claim:

Amatch receptacle including a base having an arched cradle on the top thereof, aplate ar'i ing centrally from the cradle and having its up per end grooved transversely to afiord a rest for a single match, a match receptacle the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

EARL" M. MYERS. 

